Biology:Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
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Short description: Species of plume moth
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Stenoptilia |
Species: | S. pelidnodactyla
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Binomial name | |
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837)[1]
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Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania and Ukraine .
The wingspan is 16–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.[2]
The larvae feed on meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata), mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides), Saxifraga pedemontana, Saxifraga moschata, Saxifraga nervosa, Saxifraga prostii, Saxifraga exarata, Saxifraga aquatica, Saxifraga geranioides and Plantago sempervirens.[3]
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13654187 entry
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